P-0300 Nasal Naloxone (Narcan) Program.pdf

Kern County Sheriff’s Office Policies and Procedures TITLE: Nasal Naloxone (Narcan) Program NO: P-0300 APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED: December 17, 2015 June 19, 2025 June 19, 2025 June 19, 2025 POLICY This policy will provide trained staff direction and expectations regarding the use of Naloxone in the course and scope of their duties with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office (Sheriff’s Office) in compliance with the direction of the Kern County Emergency Medical Services Division (Kern County EMS). Nasal Naloxone will be deployed at the discretion of the Sheriff or designee for the treatment of suspected opioid drug overdose victims. Employees will be trained and must pass a written and skills examination prior to administering and or being issued nasal Naloxone. If available, a staff member trained in the use of nasal Naloxone shall be dispatched to any call that relates to a drug overdose.